Water-supply-regulating apparatus for water-closets



(No Model.)

W. H. BATE.

WATER SUPPLY REGULATING APPARATUS FOR WATER GLOSETS. No. 361,203.BatentedApr. 12, 1887'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALLACE H. BATE, OF'MALDEN, MAssAoHUsnrrs.

WATER-SUPPLY-REGULATING APPARATUS FOR WATER-CLOSETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 361,203, dated April12,1887.

Application filed August 7, 1886.

ToaZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALLAon H. BATE, of Malden, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Water-Supply- Itegulating Apparatus forWater-Closets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the contrivances intermediate of the cord or rodor wire to which the pull or handle is attached, and the valve in thetank or similar device of awater-closet. apparatus, whereby the valve isoperated; the object of the invention being to so improve theconstruction and arrangement of such intermediate parts as to enablethem to be adj usted to regulate to a nicety the throw of the valve andsupply of the water, as also to obtain other conveniences and improvedfacilities in applying and regulating the operation of the partsmentioned.

To these ends my invention consists in the improvements in theconstruction of the parts mentioned, as I will now proceed to describe,so that others skilled in the art may be able to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification,'and the invention being particularly set forth in theclaims hereunto appended.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a tankequipped with my improved devices. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view ofparts thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in both figures.

In the drawings, a represents the body of the tank, having the usualcross-plank, b, for supporting the part or parts to or in which thevalve-operating lever c is fulcrumed.

(1 represents a base-plate, or what is commonly called by those skilledin the art a chair, adapted to be secured 'to the crossplank by screws,or in any other suitable manner; and formed with or connected to saidchair or base-plate are lugs or ears 6 0, between which, on a pin, f, isfulcrumed the lever 0, provided at short intervals with holes 9 g, whichpermit it to be fulcrumed at any desired point along its entire length.

It represents the rod connecting the valve (not shown, being supposed tobe hidden by the side of the tank) with one end of the lever 0, wherebysaid valve is lifted; andz' indicates the rod or wire connecting theopposite end of the lever with the handle or pull, whereby the formermay be operated.

jj indicate adjusting-screws adapted to be screwed into the chair orplate (1, and to pass down into holes k is, formed in the cross-plank,as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Said screws j are arranged in the chair onopposite sides of the fulorum-point of lever c, and in line verticallywith its movement, so that as said lever is rocked upon its pivot orfulcrumf it will strike said screws, and thus be limited in its rockingor oscillating movements, and the height to which the valve is raised ordepth to whichit is permitted to fall regulated to a nicety.

By arranging the adj usting-screws in the chair or base-plate a cheap,convenient, and effective means of including the adjustingscrews in thedevice, as well, also, as affording a convenient and effective body inwhich they may be manipulated, is provided.

The holes formed at short intervals in the lever 0, permit of the latterbeing fulcrumed at any point along its entire length, either for thepurpose of varying the extent of movement of the valve, or for thepurpose of accommodating the lever to the various positions in which'itmay be convenient to place the cross-plank b or base-plate d withrespect to the valve, or the valve with respect to the former devices.

After the lever has been fulcrumed at such point as the surroundingparts may make con venient its throw can be exactly regulated by theadjusting-screwsjj in a way that will be readily understood.

The lever c is preferably constructed of wrought-iron or other metalthat can be bent, so that it can be given any shape or form which theexigencies of surrounding objects may make necessary or desirable.

1. In a water-supply-regulating apparatus, the tank, the valve-operatinglever, its fulcrum-pin, the chair or plate for supporting thefulcrum-pin, and the adjusting-screws in the chair or plate, forlimiting the throw or Oscillating movement of the lever, all com- I Intestimony whereof I have signed my name 10 bined, arranged, andoperating as and for the to this specification, in the presence of twosubpurposes hereinbefore set forth. scribing witnesses, this 12th day ofJ uiy, 1886.

2. The combination, with the tank, of the cross-plank b, the base-plated, having thelngs \VALLAOE H. BATE. e e, lever 0, provided at shortintervals along its length with holes g g, fulcrum-pin f, ar- Witnesses:ranged in said lugs, and adjusting-screwsjj, ARTHUR W. CROSSLEY, as setforth. 0. F. BROWN.

